Full casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of Mary Poppins, produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Disney Theatrical Group.
The tour kicks off at the Bristol Hippodrome from 4 November 2024 and then tours to dates including Dublin, Edinburgh, Plymouth, Manchester, Bradford, Birmingham, Southampton, Sunderland, and Milton Keynes. See all tour dates here.
Mary Poppins celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, coming full circle to the Bristol Hippodrome after opening there in 2004. The show has gone on to win 50 international awards, including two Olivier Awards and one Tony Award, with over 15 million people seeing the show.
Already announced are the show’s leads, with Stefanie Jones as Mary Poppins and Jack Chambers as Bert coming over from Australia where they have been starring in the show.
They will be joined by Michael D. Xavier (Into the Woods, Love Story) as George Banks, Lucie-Mae Sumner (Mary Poppins, Barnum) as Winifred Banks, Rosemary Ashe (The Phantom of the Opera, The Witches of Eastwick) as Mrs Brill, Patti Boulaye (Carmen Jones) as Bird Woman, Wendy Ferguson (Les Misérables) as Miss Andrew, Sharon Wattis (The Book of Mormon, The Pajama Game) as Mrs Corry and Miss Smythe, Ruairidh McDonald (Matilda The Musical) as Robertson Ay, and David Burrows (Half a Sixpence, My Fair Lady) as Admiral Boom and Bank Chairman.
The children will be played by Olivia Ainsworth, Olaya Martinez Cambon, Matilda O’Sullivan, Katie Ryden and Florence Amelia Swann will alternate the role of Jane Banks with Charlie Donald, Jude Martin-Thomas, Oscar McCulloch, Joshua Miles and William Stafford alternating the role of Michael Banks.
The company is completed by Jay Luca Allan, Marianne Bardgett, Rhys Batten, Lydia Boulton, Ben Culleton, Jasmine Davis, Matthew Dawkins, Lily de-la-Haye, Nathan Elwick, Darcy Finden, Lyndsey Gardiner, Ryan Gover, Emma Harrold, Billy Mahoney, Sarah-Marie Maxwell, Yujin Park, Roan Pronk, Henry Rhodes, Jacob Ritzema, Scarlet Roche, Callum Rose, Charlie Waddell, Rachael Ward, Jemima-Jane Willcox, James Wolstenholme and Ellie Young.
Based on the stories of P.L. Travers and The Walt Disney film, songs in the show include classic Sherman Brothers songs Jolly Holiday, Step in Time, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and Feed the Birds, with new songs and additional music and lyrics by the Olivier award-winning British team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.
The book is by Julian Fellowes and this production is co-created by Cameron Mackintosh.
The creative team also includes orchestrations by William David Brohn, dance and vocal arrangements by George Stiles, sound design by Paul Gatehouse, lighting design by Hugh Vanstone, projections by Luke Hall, illusions by Paul Kieve & Jim Steinmeyer, set and costume designs by Bob Crowley, co-Choreography by Stephen Mear, co-direction and choreography by Matthew Bourne and direction by Richard Eyre.
The UK & Ireland Tour is directed by James Powell with choreography recreated by Richard Jones and musical supervision by Stephen Brooker.
Cameron Mackintosh said in a statement: “I am absolutely thrilled to be bringing Mary Poppins back, opening at the Bristol Hippodrome where she first took flight 20 years ago when we opened the first ever stage musical adaptation of Pamela Travers’ books, featuring many of the great Sherman brothers’ songs from The Walt Disney Company’s iconic movie. Since then, Mary has continued to fly around the world dispersing her magic, bringing families together and audiences to their feet in a most supercalifragilisticexpialidocious way! Last year, Disney Theatrical Group and I produced the show again in Australia where it was even more successful the second time round. Our Australian Mary and Bert, Stefanie and Jack, were so practically perfect that we invited them to lead this brilliant new company which also includes such marvellous leading actors of the British theatre as Michael D. Xavier, Rosemary Ashe, Wendy Ferguson, Sonia Swaby and Patti Boulaye. Mary Poppins remains a timeless classic for all ages, full of wonderful characters, brilliant songs, showstopping dances and spectacular magic. So, you are assured of an unforgettable performance and the jolliest of holidays with Mary. But step in time to get tickets, as Mary has a lot of places to visit and her bag is packed!.”
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Updated 1 November 2024: The original article stated that Sonia Swaby would play the roles of Mrs. Corry and Miss Smythe. Sharon Wattis will now take on these roles, as Sonia Swaby has withdrawn from the production for personal reasons.
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